The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 24
24. Essence of Islam II begin to move from nothingness towards existence, is also nurture. This shows that in Arabic idiom Rububiyyat has very wide connotations, and that it covers the whole expanse from the point of nothingness to the climax of perfection. The name 'Creator' (Khāliq) and the like are derivatives of Rabb. . Qayyim means one who safeguards the system. Mun'im means one who bestows all bounties, which man or any other creature can receive, according to its capacity, and is desirous of obtaining, so that it might arrive at its climax, as Allāh, the Glorious says: رَبُّنَا الَّذِي أَعْطَى كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ ثُمَّ هَدَى *. Our Lord, Who invested all things with appropriate form and then guided them to the realization of their requisite goals. . Mutammim means that the system of beneficence should not be left deficient in any respect, and should be carried to its climax in all its aspects. . Thus the term Rabb, which has been used in the Holy. Qur'an comprises all the diverse connotations that we have set out briefly above. . We have to record with great sorrow that an ignorant. European Christian writer has set out in one of his books that Christianity possesses this superiority over Islām, that it has named God Almighty 'Father', which is a very dear and lovely name, and that this name has not been applied to God in the Qur'ān. We are surprised that this critic has not considered what honour and greatness the lexicons have attributed to the expression 'Father', for 8 Tā Hā, 20:51 [Publisher]